The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:23 at Cardiff 2026 put David Pooley 417th of 456 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 28% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 7:03 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cardiff ran fast: the 1,764 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:25Running 1 5:17v median +0:07
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Block 02 9:31Running 2 4:44v median −0:02
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Block 03 12:19Running 3 6:13v median +1:05
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Block 04 13:46Running 4 5:17v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 6:01v median +0:47
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Block 06 10:03Running 6 5:58v median +0:37
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 5:32v median +0:41
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Block 08 20:52Running 8 7:03v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 452
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 452 men who finished.